Gottschalk



March 31, 1964 GOTTSCHALK WALLET PROTECTOR Filed July 29, 1963 I A I I I ll WMEQWM United States Patent 3,126,598 WALLET PROTECTOR Michael Gottschalk, 1113 Monmouth Ave., Linden, NJ. Filed July 29, 1963, Ser. No. 298,296 6 Claims. (Cl. 24-3) This invention relates to theft-preventing devices and more particularly to a wallet protector.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a Wallet protector which will clamp on to a pocket of the wallet and will have chains and spring means secured to a rubber disc which, in conjunction with the spring will resist any effort of a thief to remove the wallet of an unsuspecting person.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wallet protector which will serve to immediately inform the owner of the Wallet that someone is trying to remove it from his person.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a wallet protector which will cause no damage to the wallet or garment when in use and will be of such construction as to be able to fit various types of wallets.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a wallet protector bearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, has a minimum number of parts, is inexpensive to manufacture and ellicient in operation and use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a vertical view of the present invention shown partly broken away with the wallet shown in phantom lines; and

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary side view of FIGURE 1.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, a wallet protector 10 made in accordance with the present invention is shown to include an elongated, hollow tube 12 which provides a means of freely receiving a coil spring 14. An S-shaped hook 16 is received at each end of spring 14. A length of chain 18 is secured to S-hook 16 and 16a at each end of spring 14 within tube 12. S-hook 16a is received within eye 20 of spring clip 22 and S-hook 16b is secured within screw eye 24. Screw eye 24 is received through rubber disc 26 and threadingly receives a hexagonal nut 28, thus securing disc 26 to wallet protector 10. Rubber disc 26 provides a means for gripping the material of the pocket of the garment being worn by the person using protector 10 and thus resists any pulling action upon it. Spring clip 22 springingly engages a pocket 30 of wallet 32.

In use, wallet 32 is opened by unfolding in the well known manner and spring clip 22 is inserted, or placed, over the edge of pocket 30 of wallet 32', allowing disc 28 to be pinned externally of wallet 32 after it is folded for placement in the pocket of the garment.

The rubber disc 26 will be toward the bottom of the pocket of the garment when wallet 32 is folded and placed into the pocket, and thus any pull, no matter how slight will cause rubber disc 26 by its inherent flexibility to bend and fold into the cloth of the garment pocket without damaging the pocket or wallet 32. This resistance created by wallet protector 10 is assisted by spring 14 within tube 12 which further resists pulling of wallet 32 out of the garment pocket by its spring counteraction when spring 14 is extended.

It will be recognized that any pulling upon wallet 32 due to the inherent reaction of wallet protector 10 will be immediately felt by the user.

It shall further be recognized that the length of wallet protector 10 may be varied to fit various types of manufactured wallets.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the apuended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A wallet protector comprising, in combination, an elongated metal tube, an elongated coil spring and a pair of chains carried by said tube providing a springing reaction to pulling of a wallet, a spring clip carried by said tube providing gripping means for securing said wallet protector to one of the pockets of a folded wallet, and rubber disc of circular configuration carried by said tube providing frictional resistance within a garment pocket.

2. A wallet protector according to claim 1 wherein said length of chain is provided with S-hooks to thus secure it at each end to said spring and said spring is freely and slidably received within said tube to provide a reaction against pulling of said wallet from said garment pocket.

3. A Wallet protector according to claim 2 wherein said spring clip is secured to said wallet by means of an edge of one of said pockets of said wallet and said tube at its lower end extends partially from the folded wallet providing means for said disc to frictionally engage the material of said pocket of said garment.

4. A wallet protector according to claim 3 wherein an S-hook on one of said chains is hooked through a screw eye and said screw eye is received through a center opening of said disc and threadingly receives a hexagonal nut, thus securing said disc to said protector.

5. A wallet protector according to claim 4 wherein said wallet, when pulled by a potential thief, resists said pulling by means of said flexible disc and simultaneously alarms said owner of said wallet through the combination action of said spring and the frictional resistance of said disc.

6. A wallet protector according to claim 5 wherein said disc bends and folds into the cloth of said pocket of said garment when said wallet is pulled and said spring expands within said tube to thus impart a sensitive motion to said garment to inform the owner that his wallet is being pulled.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 386,693 Marshall Nov. 27, 1906 1,362,406 Felstrup Dec. 14, 1920 FOREIGN PATENTS 497,085 Italy Aug. 21, 1954 

1. A WALLET PROTECTOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED METAL TUBE, AN ELONGATED COIL SPRING AND A PAIR OF CHAINS CARRIED BY SAID TUBE PROVIDING A SPRINGING REACTION TO PULLING OF A WALLET, A SPRING CLIP CARRIED BY SAID TUBE PROVIDING GRIPPING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID WALLET PROTECTOR TO ONE OF THE POCKETS OF A FOLDED WALLET, AND RUBBER DISC OF CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION CARRIED BY SAID TUBE PROVIDING FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE WITHIN A GARMENT POCKET. 